Tactics and Strategy in Monetary Policy: Benjamin Friedman's Thinking and the Swiss National Bank

Stefan Gerlach and Thomas Jordan

No 8547, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper reviews the tactics and strategy of monetary policy in Switzerland, using a selection of Benjamin Friedman?s papers to organize the discussion, and starting in the early 1970s, when his academic papers started to appear in scholarly journals. The review focuses on the SNB?s experience with monetary targets in 1975-1999, the policy strategy adopted by the SNB in 2000, and the SNB?s experiences during the financial crisis that started in August 2007. On many occasions, Benjamin Friedman?s and the SNB?s thinking converge, while on others, they diverge.

Keywords: Financial crisis; Inflation targeting; Monetary policy; Monetary targeting; Swiss national bank (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E43 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-08
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